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2 Kings 9:25
And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehu commands his officer Bidkar to dispose of Joram’s body immediately after the arrow pierces his heart. This order occurs during the execution of divine judgment against Ahab’s royal line.
The words — The Hebrew verb שָׂא (sa') means "pick up," and the noun חֶלְקַת (chel.Kat) translates to "portion of." These terms specify the precise location where the king’s corpse must be left.
The thread — The command directly fulfills the prophecy recorded in 1 Kings 21:19 and 1 Kings 21:24 regarding Ahab’s murder of Naboth and seizure of his land. The narrative confirms this in 2 Kings 9:26 by explicitly tying the repayment of blood to that same plot.
Why it lands — The text establishes that royal violence and land theft trigger binding divine accountability. It requires the reader to recognize historical events as direct fulfillments of prophetic declaration rather than isolated political acts.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
- 1 Kings 21:24 Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
- Isaiah 13:1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- Jeremiah 23:33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
- Nahum 1:1 This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Malachi 1:1 This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
- Matthew 11:30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”